Andrew Seth Baker

I contacted, consulted & hired Andy Baker regarding a permit issue w/ the city of LA. Andy was always very knowledgeable & professional on the phone & in person. His fees were VERY reasonable. He accomplished the task which I hired him to do. Since then Andy has given me FREE advice. Andy never ...ever name dropped or pitched pie-in-the sky strategies. I just tripped upon this site & am only commenting after reading earlier misleading posts. I am wondering how many lawyers in different fields these people have spoken to & hired? No lawyer can guarantee an outcome.

I hired Andy Baker, to help with what he advertises on his website: to handle the city of Los Angeles regarding ADU and other citations regarding housing. He did not do anything he said he would do, and he totally changed his pricing immediately after being hired. I have learned, he has taken many p...eople for a ride just like this, specifically from people such as Judith - who also posted here - (Pls note, Andy Baker tries to itimidate people to not post bad reviews about him, again, specifically, just look at Judith post here too), which i am certain is only reason you are not seeing many more reviews of this nature. Couple facts without listing too many, Specifically, Andy Baker tells you when you hire him for a city housing issue, that he knows MORE than the inspectors. I am not joking. He literally lists that on his site. I am not being ironic here. Anyhow, that should have been a real red flat, but he makes it seem he will help you with many issues, more than you ask for, such as "taking over all dealing with the city" if you pay a premium. Well, he offers you verbal guarantees, and references his promises in his literature, and makes it seem he won't charge you till he accomplishes the goals, but immediately changes his story (And the costs) to get you to just pay him to file extensions (which he also misleads you on - specifically, that he will "Handle all interactions with the city" (as he advertises in his pricing) - then he does do that, in fact, he literally has you go do everything with the city, but he pretends in the early days that he has "inside connections" and brags about "his relationships with top city inspectors and the D.A's office", but truth be told, I have connected with top supervisors at the city and they all say to be-ware of Andy Baker. They in fact make it quite clear you do not need him to file anything. And to be totally clear, he makes you file the extensions yourself anyhow. I am trying to write this as nice as I can out of respect to this site, but this fellow is really not upfront, and very tricky. I owe it to pass along this warning and only i wish I had read this before risking his constant aggressive demands for money